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Texas Legislative Session: Key bills affecting African Americans

1 day ago | dallasexaminer.com | Robyn Jimenez

(The Dallas Examiner) – During the 89th Texas Legislative Session, several bills were passed, and many are still pending the governor’s signature. There are multiple bills that may disproportionately affect African Americans in Dallas and across Texas due to social, economic and systemic factors.
Ask Terri! Small Business Tips - Part II

4 days ago | dallasexaminer.com | Robyn Jimenez

Skip to content Host Terri Thomas shares tip #3 to help Dallas-Fort Worth entrepreneurs’ business thrive in an ever-changing economy.
Marisol's art connects students to their identities

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Mike McGee

(The Dallas Examiner) – School funding, ethnic identity and personal creativity were all topics that the exhibition Marisol: A Retrospective at the Dallas Museum of Art touched upon, according to Karen Colbert, visual arts educator at D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School. “The majority of my students, when I ask them how many of them have been to the museum, a majority of the 20 raise their hands that they had never been to the museum,” Colbert said.
FDA approves first at-home cervical cancer screening device

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Jacqueline Howard

(CNN) – To get screened for cervical cancer, patients in the United States may no longer need to put their feet in those awkward stirrups, brace for the uncomfortable speculum or even take the time off from work for an in-person doctor’s appointment. Soon, they will have the option to collect their own vaginal samples for screening from home – instead of a health care provider doing it for them.
Trump administration creating chaos for migrants held in Djibouti

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Katelyn Polantz |Priscilla Alvarez |Lauren Chadwick

(CNN) – A federal judge, in his latest finding that immigrant detainees the U.S. intended to send to South Sudan aren’t being given due process, told the Trump administration he believes it is manufacturing chaos and trying to evade court orders.
Texas THC ban heads to governor's desk

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Jasper Scherer

(The Texas Tribune) – A bill that would ban all products containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after the Senate late Sunday approved the House version of the bill advanced by the lower chamber last week. If the measure avoids Abbott’s veto pen, Texas’ $8 billion hemp industry and its estimated 50,000 jobs would be dissolved in September, when the ban would take effect.
Lessons for life: Advice to young graduates

1 week ago | dallasexaminer.com | Marian Wright Edelman

(Children’s Defense Fund) – Once again, this is the joyous time of year when families, friends and teachers are cheering on graduates of all ages who have worked so hard and made them all so proud.
House Republicans propose $1 trillion Medicaid cuts

2 weeks ago | dallasexaminer.com | Tami Luhby

(CNN) – House Republicans are pushing to slash nearly $1 trillion from two of the nation’s bedrock safety net programs, Medicaid and food stamps, as part of their sweeping package aimed at enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda. If the legislation is approved, millions of Americans could lose access to these benefits as a result of a historic pullback in federal support.
U.S. credit rating downgraded

2 weeks ago | dallasexaminer.com | Elisabeth Buchwald

(CNN) – After the United States lost its last perfect credit rating on Friday, Republicans and Democrats responded by pointing fingers at each other. Moody’s Ratings said problematic debt levels far outpacing government revenue led to the downgrade. Now, it’s up to lawmakers on both sides to take actions to improve the nation’s fiscal situation, or another downgrade could be in the cards. And that one would likely be even more painful.
Texas redistricting maps face legal challenge

2 weeks ago | dallasexaminer.com | Sameea Kamal

(The Texas Tribune) – Do Texas’ district maps discriminate against some Black and Latino voters? That’s what advocates will allege in court Wednesday, while the state will argue that those communities can elect the candidates they want. Some advocates will also argue in a set of cases four years in the making that the state intentionally discriminated – while the state will combat that claim.